A documentary about Robert B. Sherman & Richard M. Sherman -- aka The Sherman Brothers -- the Academy Award and Grammy-winning songwriters.
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A documentary about Robert B. Sherman & Richard M. Sherman -- aka The Sherman Brothers -- the Academy Award and Grammy-winning songwriters.
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Brothers, Partners, StrangersGenres:
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24 April 2009 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Opening Weekend USA:
$14,632, 24 May 2009Gross USA:
$55,513Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
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Words & Music by Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman
Performed by John Davidson and Lesley Ann Warren
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Robert B. Sherman: [talking about Mary Poppins author P.L. Travers] She was such a witch.See more »
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A picture of Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman receiving the National Medal of Arts at the White House on November 2008 is shown. See more »Soundtracks
'Bout TimeWords & Music by Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman
Performed by John Davidson and Lesley Ann Warren
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"The Boys: The Sherman Brothers Story" is a terrific documentary produced by the sons of the famous composing team of Robert and Richard Sherman ("Mary Poppins," "The Jungle Book," "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang") about their fathers and their complex relationship.
Robert, for example, the older brother and "poet," who wrote so beautifully of sweetness and optimism, was in the very first group of GIs to liberate the Dachau concentration camp, which had a profound impact on him and his relationships, especially with his brother.
And how do these famous songs come about? When one of the composers' sons came home and said he had some sort of anti-polio treatment at school, the father assumed it was a shot and said, "That must have hurt." The son replied, no it was medicine he swallowed after they gave him a lump of sugar to take beforehand. Voila! The birth of the famous "Mary Poppins" tune, "A Spoonful of Sugar (Helps the Medicine Go Down)."
Fascinating stuff on so many levels, it will interest music aficionados, Disney fans, students of Hollywood history and even those who really know very little of these particular gentlemen.
Well worth your time.
And, Hollywood, if you're listening -- how about a movie telling their story? Terrific stuff.